In 2014, the Abbott government committed a small amount of federal funding to an anti-bullying program known as Safe Schools. In 2015, the program was investigated and a political storm brewed. Funding was abandoned a year later, leaving Safe Schools dead in the water.

What sparked this?Who will this effect?And won’t somebody please think of the children?!

‘Political Children’ is a humorous yet hard-hitting piece of verbatim theatre, which has enjoyed hugely successful seasons at Ashfield Council Chambers in December 2016, ATYP as part of the Mardi Gras Festival in March 2017, and Customs House in partnership with City of Sydney Library in December 2017. Written and directed by Artistic Director Felicity Nicol in collaboration with the young cast, the play uses Hansard transcripts, newspaper articles and online content to shine a magnifying glass on debate around the Safe Schools program, exemplifying Spark’s mission to provide young people with a platform and mouthpiece for responding to issues that are most immediate to them.